Package



July 6 1926.

' K. YOUNGBLOOD PACKAGE Filed Match 12. 1926 ybluylaalwvwehtoz Patented July 6,1926; c I

'xNowLEsYonne Loon, on ATLANTA, EORGIA;

" IIACKAGE.

Application filed Marc1i'12, 926. Serial 116194360. 5

This invention relates to Via package de signed primarily for holding soft collars,

oneof the objects of the rinvention being to provide an envelopehavlng open ends for the reception of a holding strip on which a collar is' designed to be mounted; this i strip being so shaped as to f-rictionally e'ngage the envelope and hold the strip against I accidental displace'inent while the package is being handled. I

A further object is .toprovide a simple v withdraw the strip 3 from the envelope. 7

I and inexpensive structure ofthis character \VhlCl'l' (/al1 be used for holding laundered collars and can also be used as original packf vages in which the collars are sold. lVith theforegoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com- 'bination and arrangement of parts and incoriipletelyhoused in said envelopean'dthe a parts located as shown 'i'n Figure'Q." The.

the'details of construction hereinafter described and clanned, 1t being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of j the invention herein disclosed may be made lar bcingshownin plan though it can obviously. be made of .any 7 other material desired. If this tube is formed of a thin paper easily torn, one end displacement relative-to the casing.

within the scope of what is claimed without departing'fr'om the spirit of the inven-' tion. '5

In the acc0n1panying drawings the pre v ferred form of the invention has" been shown. I

In said drawings, I V Figure 1 is a perspective view of the package, a collar and itsholding strip being shown partly withdrawn from the envelope;'

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on line 22 Figure 1, the holding strlp andthe colhoused within the envelope.

Figure 3 is a sectionon line 33 Figure 2.

Referring to the figures by characters of, reference 1 designates an elongated flat tube open at its ends and preferably formed of a transparent or serni-transparent paper al- -thereof can be reinforced by -a band 2 of tough paper affixed to and extendingaround said end. A holding strip of cardboard or the like, indicated at 8' is designed to be inserted into the reinforced end of the tubugreaterthan the. length of the tubular enve-V lope o'r-casing 1 .so that when the strip is properly seated within the casing, one: end

por'tionwill project afshort distance beyond t the envelopeias shown in Figure 2, thus af- 1 fording a part which can be gripped readily,

between the fingers when it is desired to r .-"In using the device herein described a 'collar indicated at C is placed on the strip'3 with one end inserted between the strip and,

the flap 4. Thatendof the strip carrying the flap isthen inserted into. the reinforced.

end of the tubular casing or envelope 1 and pressed longitudinally until the collar is; a; I

natural resiliency of the'strip 3 will result in theroundedfree end5fof the flap 4' bearfi ing outwardly againstoneside of the tubuL-f lar casing or envelope 1 with suflicient force I to prevent-the strip 3 fro 'nfslipping out of". place within, the envelope.

as original-package's at the factory.

VVhatisclaimed is':fl '7 lnember'extending around and aflixed to one tion folded to provide a flap, there bein'g'a space between the strip and its flap for the reception of. oneend of an article to be I housed within the casing, the freefend of the 7 flap constituting means for frictionally engagingthe casingvto hold the strip against In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa-- ture.

As before pointed out the package herein 1 described can'be usedfor holding collars.

' that have been launderedor they can be used I: j i

,A package including a. tubular paper," casing. having open ends, a. relnforcing of the ends of-the casing, and a holding a Y strip insert'able longitudinally into the -ca s ving through the reinforcedopen end there-: 7

of, said strip, having its advancing end por j 

